…o lost his coronation war, barely conquered anything worth mentioning, and died in murky circumstances barely five years after ascending the throne. (poisoning by his own generals or priests was suspected) *goes bang head against wall* (not that the Chinese fare any better, since they’re attributed the Kangxi Emperor, who was a Manchu, not a Chinese–but at least you can make a case for his greatness. Tizoc is just… ugh) /snark over EDIT: ok, I sta…

…Posted the recipe for wheat flour tortillas, aka “not that hard to make”!…

…lour chè. Because. Snippet: Cam finds Pham Thi Thanh Ha in her house, as she expected. By now, she doesn’t question the aunts’ knowledge or how they came by it. She does what she’s told to, an obedient daughter beholden to her elders, never raising a fuss or complaining– the shining example of filial piety extolled in the tales her girlfriend Thuy so painstakingly reconstitutes in her spare hours. You can read it here….

…most of them °_°). Snippet: This is the room where The Snow Like a Dancer dies, year by year and piece by piece. When they wheel in the cradle where she rests, she always thinks—for a bare, suspended moment—that it will be all right, that it will all end well—and then nausea tightens around her, and the white and stark walls seem to press down on her, unbearably sharp, a faint memory of Third Aunt and Cousin Lua asleep, and the incessant noise of…

…S audiobook) Orion Books (UK &RoW audiobook) Trade Ppb (US) Amazon US US indie stores The Book Depository Mass Market Ppb (UK) Amazon UK Foyle’s Waterstones Blackwell’s WH Smith The Book Depository Buy Now And the synopsis, sorry: Paris in the aftermath of the Great Magicians War. Its streets are lined with haunted ruins, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine runs black, thick with ashes and rubble. Yet life continues among the wreckage….

…forget anyone. The book, however, was written during my pregnancy and I, hum, kind of am not sure I’ve got everyone covered… So if you had any input in it (brainstorming, beta reading, recommending research books etc.) could you let me know either here or privately via contact form? Tade Thompson, D Franklin (& Zoe!), Dario Ciriello, Kate Elliott, Mia SN, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Vida Cruz, Alan Bellingham, Margo-Lea Hurwizc, John Hopkins, I’ve got y…

…author of The Anubis Gates THE HOUSE OF SHATTERED WINGS exists in a rich, evocative Paris that is thick with magical history. Pathos and beauty intertwine in a novel filled with longing. Mary Robinette Kowal, Multiple-Hugo award winning author of the Glamourist Histories   An intense, beautiful, brutal journey written with an eye for the stunning, vivid detail and the cruel demands of duty, loyalty, and leadership. Its portrait of a ruined Paris…

…Khuyên and the ship. But saving Anh requires doing what Khuyên couldn’t do before: face her family, face the ship, face her own hopes and fears for the future—a future that might well include Thảo, but only if Khuyên can stop listening to the critical voice in her head. A voice that sounds an awful lot like Nightjar’s… Where to Buy Subterranean Press (North America) JAB Books (Rest of World) Buy Now Cover (US): Maurizio Manzieri Cover (UK): Dirk…

…It’s been posted all over my f-list, but once more won’t hurt… Writer Cat Valente is in dire financial straits. If you are in a position to give help, no matter how small, check out the LJ community adoptingcat….

…, wife of the Red Scholar. Or at least, she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances. Now isolated and alone, Rice Fish wants Xích Si’s help to find out who struck against them and why. Marrying Xích Si means Rice Fish can offer Xích Si protection, in exchange for Xích Si’s technical fluency: a business arrangement with nothing more to it. But as the investigation goes on, Rice Fish and Xích Si find themselves falling for…